Pets in America: A HistoryEntertaining and informative, Pets in America is a portrait of Americans' relationships with the cats, dogs, birds, fishes, rodents, and other animals we call our own. More than 60 percent of U.S. households have pets, and America grows more pet-fr |
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Contents
Introduction A Modern Pet Owner | 1 |
1 A Natural History of Pets | 19 |
2 At Home with Animals | 58 |
3 The Domestic Ethic of Kindness to Animals | 127 |
4 The Edges of Pet Keeping and Its Dilemmas | 182 |
5 A Pet in Every Home | 231 |
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